Staff and students from across the University, and wider community, have planned a range of activities which you can get involved in. Coming up next week, you can get involved in everything from Q&As to learning about the history of Jewish Caribbean persecution.
Coming up:
Senegalese Music to Raise Coronavirus Awareness
Tuesday 19 October 16:00 – 17:30, (online)
Join us for a conversation between Senegalese rapper Keyti and the University of Southampton-based Lecturer in Global Media Industries Dr Estrella Sendra. Together, they will share an overview of the 23 Coronavirus-themed songs composed, sung and widely disseminated songs by Senegalese musicians in the first wave of the pandemic
Creolizing Holocaust Memory: The Jewish Caribbean and Nazi Persecution in Literature and Art
Tuesday 19 October 2021, 18:00 -19:30 (online)
This talk with Professor Sarah Phillips Casteel argues that creative mediums are especially deserving of our attention in the context of the Jewish Caribbean because of their capacity to recover creolized wartime memories that have fallen between the cracks of academic disciplines.
Find out more about Creolizing Holocaust Memory event
Collaborative Practice; Hetain Patel, Amy May and Dr Drew Cawford
Thursday 21st October, 17:30 – 18:30, John Hansard Gallery
Join us to explore the cross-artform partnership between Hetain Patel and composer Amy May, responsible for Patel’s recent film trilogy currently on show in our galleries. Hosted by Dr Drew Crawford, Music, University of Southampton.
Find out more about the Collaborative Practice panel event details
Tales of the Accidental City by Maimouna Jallow: Film Screening + Q&A
Friday 22nd October, 17:00 – 19:30 (online)
Join a lived streamed screening of Tales of the Accidental City, followed by a Q&A with its director and actress, Maïmouna Jallow.
Tales of the Accidental City Film Screening + Q&A event details
Book your space on the events and find out about more events through the What’s On Calendar.
For more information on events and activities please go to the UoS BAME Staff Network SharePoint site or the Southampton arts and humanities festival site.
If you are organising an event or activity which you would like to include in the calendar of celebrations please get in touch with Aysha Rahman.
The UoS BAME Staff Network welcomes all staff and PGRs who self-identify as Black or Minority Ethnic (including international staff).
To join the Network please email [email protected] or
contact Aysha Rahman or Bhupinder Siran
